Example sentences of "can [be] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preponderance of sole practitioner respondents to the consultation as a whole can be seen once again to have had a dramatic effect on the outcome of this particular question , with over three-quarters of the 55% who answered negatively being sole practitioners . |
| 2 | Often the oval shaped body with its waving flagella can be seen quite clearly darting around among the intestinal debris obtained from your fish . |
| 3 | Employment Agencies , like many other small businesses , have begun to realise that many of their routine office tasks and commercial operations can be handled more efficiently using a business micro-computer . |
| 4 | They can be painted over once texturing is totally dry : use silk emulsion for areas such as bathrooms or kitchens . |
| 5 | The A4 size requires less paper while more pages can be printed together thus cutting expensive print machine time . |
| 6 | I feel we need a poet to tell of the contribution made to our Christian Aid Week by those who stay at home and bake so that the baking stall can be kept so magnificently supplied every day . |
| 7 | If there is no uncertainty , the fair price of a financial futures contract can be determined very simply using the cost-of-carry ( or the cash-and-carry ) model ( the same model that was used to find the CTD bond ) . |
| 8 | If the torque/position characteristics for one phase excitation is notably non-sinusoidal then the effect of two-phases-on excitation can be checked quite easily using the graphical summation method . |
| 9 | It is to be hoped that data-base technology can be developed quickly enough to meet the imminent requirements for data management in very large hyper-bases . |
| 10 | Added to this the partner of the black hole must have swollen to the giant stage in order that material can be transferred rapidly enough to give an accretion disc that produces detectable numbers of X-rays . |
| 11 | This small , wall-powered unit can be installed almost anywhere to allow one Ethernet connection to become eight . |
| 12 | This small , wallpowered unit can be installed almost anywhere to allow one Ethernet connection to become two . |
| 13 | This small , wallpowered unit can be installed almost anywhere to allow one Ethernet connection to become four . |
| 14 | Application clusters can be set up permanently to meet individual needs . |
| 15 | The preparation of educational material , such as educational information packs and interactive video projects , can be carried out efficiently using networked computers for data exchange , and for cutting costs by sharing printers and other output devices . |
| 16 | This can be rasped down effectively to give no further problems . |
| 17 | Co-operative R&D ventures are more flexible than full integration and can be realigned more easily to meet changing circumstances . |
| 18 | Remember this is the country , as Signor Fixit himself told me , where a lorry can be hired not only to move your furniture but to run over an unpopular citizen . |
| 19 | Consequently the separation of law and morals is rendered suspect , as is the notion that the content of the law can be read off exhaustively given the sources identified by the rule of recognition . |
| 20 | Long standing chronic disease can be cured more quickly using this scale ( Some cases of bronchial asthma of very long standing have been cured in three to four months , and cancer cases within six to eight months ) . |
| 21 | Currency receivables can be sold forward thereby locking in the Sterling equivalent . |
| 22 | Video recordings can be copied quite easily provided that you have the use of two machines , one of which can be your camcorder while the other would be a video recorder . |
| 23 | The informal interview can not generally be used to test hypotheses very accurately , but it can be used most fruitfully to clarify them and to elaborate them . |
| 24 | Implicit in the use of the problem-solving approach described above is the aim of helping people acquire coping skills which can be used not just to solve the current problems but also to deal with some of those that may occur subsequently . |
| 25 | Mood lighting can be used not only to create an atmosphere , but also to highlight features of the house , such as decorative cornices , ornaments ( especially inside glass-fronted cupboards ) , or pictures . |
| 26 | A good spell-checker program can be used not only to rectify accidental spelling mistakes and typing errors , but also to speed typing input . |
| 27 | Old age abuse is a term that can be used more properly to refer to situations where it happens that the elderly person is abusing the carer ( Case Study 4.2 ) . |
| 28 | Not so at the short story length , where humour can be used more gainfully to put over the perhaps dull facts needed to lay out a situation leading to an ingenious switch-over ending . |
| 29 | Mr ArrastÃa 's inspiration for FARCO grew our of his dissatisfaction with Argentina 's national networks and his increasing conviction that radio can be used very effectively to unite and strengthen marginalised communities . |
| 30 | The slim-bodied design of the Cut Saw enables it to be used right up to walls or floors , so protruding pipes , etc , can be sawn off almost flush , especially if a slightly flexible blade is used . |